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Subject: This forum is a monument to the impatience of the Bungie community.

We, as a whole, forced this game out of Bungie because of our intemperance for waiting for a sequel. While I fully believe that ODST is of the caliber that Bungie intended, I personally feel that this effort may be the last oomph that Reach was missing. These development hours may have been better spent on fully developing the fully release title. Furthermore, I fully believe that ODST failed in its one goal, not being a successful game, for it was quite a hit and a fully competent game, but rather to hold us over until Reach. Truly, no matter the quality of a campaign, a mere Halo campaign simply does not last a community for more than a scant few weeks. Surely development was more than that. This is why I firmly believe that ODST was a valiant effort that I am grateful for, but on the whole, may have been a mistake.
I hold no illusion that this thread will be read. I write this merely for my own gain. I do hope that one, just one, of you reads this, even if your opinion varies greatly from my own, not to give you any information, but to simply have my existence validated by another sentient being. This desire is based in a human futility, that while I fully acknowledge, I can by intrinsic nature, never understand. It is by its nature purposeless, goalless, and reasonless. It is also the reason Humanity continues to toil on into the future, no matter how bleak. This utter redundancy and complete necessity is what fascinates me so, and this fascination is self propagating, for the very capacity for fascination is a facet of the human psyche that fascinates me so.
This examination of human perception, of course, call forth an intrest in human existence. As stated, humans are quite purposeless, and self-impose reason, subconsciously. This drives us forward. This is known, and accepted. Human existence is futile. One might say it is denial that keeps us going, but another might say it is the human spirit. Truly it is a facet of the self determination, previously discussed. This might point towards the conclusion that human existence is to exist. Yet, this is refuted as the human determination is not satisfied to exist. It wants to discover. To create. To change. To make a difference, in the indifferent world. These thing fulfill its vague definition of success.
This success is often quantified by materials, but one cannot say that the philosophers of old and of the current are unfulfilled, but they often are financially unremarkable, or as is too often the case, deficient. This begs the question, why become obsessed with material wealth, as so many of us have? To that I respond "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air." I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, "Nah, forget it. Yo, holmes to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo holmes smell ya later!" Looked at my kingdom I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.

  • 04.05.2011 7:48 PM PDT

Marine Corps.
Semper Fi.

Posted by: Wikked Navajoe
My problems [with Reach] are basically just full parties, mlg, and people who go out of their way not to get killed.

Almost got me.

  • 04.05.2011 7:59 PM PDT

Once a Spartan, Always a Spartan. Reach is, and will always be considered home. Remember Reach, and all who were lost.

That was a very amusing post, I must say. While I firmly believe the first paragraph was true, it seems you were just striving for attention by commenting on something a large amount of this community will be unable to understand, and finally ending off in a very humorous ending.

I have to agree, too. We're impatient. And by me, I mean the Bungie.net community. ODST was a surprisingly great game for something they admitted to half assing. I have to say... Firefight on ODST never gets old for me, and unlike most people that purchased the game, I didn't return it once I got my vidmasters. (While, I didn't care about Recon anyways, as I had Recon for almost a year at that point.)

If ODST had not been made, and full development went into Reach instead, it wouldn't have mattered as halfway through Reach's development, all production was cut and restarted.


Did I mention, I love you? I love you. I don't care who you are.

  • 04.05.2011 8:06 PM PDT

Think before you post

Wow. That was wierd. Like you started actually talking about the game then you started talking about yourself and humanity, then human existence then the prince of bel-air? This slowly just got more and more off topic.

  • 04.05.2011 10:22 PM PDT

You're either first or you're last.

You'll never amount to anything, go back under your bridge.

Really tired, not sure what I just read.

I like the way you use words

[Edited on 04.05.2011 10:34 PM PDT]

  • 04.05.2011 10:33 PM PDT

Think before you post

Posted by: Dooms Flight
Really tired, not sure what I just read.

I like the way you use words
Where the heck is the like button when you need it?

  • 04.05.2011 10:49 PM PDT